The Hobart Hurricanes gained the toss and are bowling of their season-opening BBL match towards the Melbourne Stars on the MCG.
The match began at 5pm as organisers experiment with the BBL schedule.
The Stars are coming off Tuesday’s one-wicket loss to the Sydney Thunder in Canberra.
The Stars had a pre-game ceremony to honour cricket legend Shane Warne, a key basis participant for the staff, who died immediately on March 4.
Play was being stopped after 23 balls – his favorite quantity – for a standing ovation.
MELBOURNE STARS – Adam Zampa (capt), Joe Clarke, Tom Rogers, Nick Larkin, Marcus Stoinis, Hilton Cartwright, Beau Webster, Campbell Kellaway, Luke Wood, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Trent Boult.
HOBART HURRICANES – Matthew Wade (capt), D’Arcy Short, Ben McDermott, Shadab Khan, Tim David, Asif Ali, James Neesham, Joel Paris, Nathan Ellis, Paddy Dooley, Riley Meredith.
